C-jeff
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Impostor Nostalgia is the debut album by video game music composer Big Giant Circles. It is a collection of retro inspired electronic-fused chiptune(ish) music featuring the talents of many amazing people from the video game music community, including C418 (Minecraft), Souleye (VVVVVV), Disasterpeace (FEZ), Alex Brandon (Deus Ex), Mick Gordon (Need for Speed Shift), zircon (Monkey Island 2) and many more.

A disgrace to true chip artists everywhere, this album tries hard to disguise it's tracks in varying degrees of chiptune elements to varying degrees of success. The important thing is that the music is saturated in the flavors of not only many classic game soundtracks you know and love, but also the more modern edge of electronic music. And most importantly of all, it's fun smile

1. Big Giant Circles — Chips Ahoy Mateys (2:52)
2. Big Giant Circles — Super VVVVVVeat Boy (4:34)
3. Big Giant Circles & Chris Geehan — Flicker (4:37)
4. Big Giant Circles & C418 — BGC418 (4:02)
5. Big Giant Circles — Fight the Current (3:17)
6. Big Giant Circles — Katana Blaster (3:12)
7. Big Giant Circles & zircon — Buzzsaw (5:03)
8. Big Giant Circles & Disasterpeace — HappiNESs (3:05)
9. Big Giant Circles & Souleye — Yeah! (4:02)
10. Big Giant Circles — Raindancer (4:56)
11. flashygoodness — Fight the Current (Flashy Mix) (5:22)
12. surasshu — Buzzsaw (Just Can't Wait Mix) (4:56)
13. Josh Whelchel — Yo Ho Ye Big Giant Chips (Chips Ahoy Mateys Remix) (3:17)
14. Mick Gordon — Katana Blaster (Constantly Playing Mix) (4:03)
15. Big Giant Circles & Alex Brandon — Antimatter Factory (3:35)
16. Big Giant Circles — You Can Have Mine (6:29)
17. Big Giant Circles & Pongball — Your Quest is Over (4:02)
18. Big Giant Circles — Big Giant Sae for a Dream [bonus track] (1:51)
19. Big Giant Circles — Last Hope [bonus track] (1:33)
20. Big Giant Circles — Some Things Are Not As They Seem (Impostor Nostalgia trailer) [bonus track] (0:48)

Music by Big Giant Circles (Jimmy Hinson), featuring
C418, Souleye, Chris Geehan, Alex Brandon, zircon, Mick Gordon, flashygoodness, Josh Whelchel, Pongball, surasshu and Disasterpeace.

Artwork by PROTODOME (Blake Troise).

http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi028-big … -nostalgia
http://biggiantcircles.bandcamp.com/alb … -nostalgia (digital download just for $3.99!)

Last edited by C-jeff (Sep 13, 2011 8:32 am)

akira^8GB
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New York City

HOLY NEW UBIK BATMAN.

Saskrotch
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Chicago IL

i thought fez was done by 6955

Jay Tholen
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Soooo goood.

Last edited by Jay Tholen (Sep 12, 2011 10:24 pm)

Dot.AY
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woah?!?!?

Mick Gordon .. I know that guy, he runs game audio australia out of Brisbane..

Exactly the kind of release that would get videogame fans crazy about chipmusic .. #1 on Bandcamp already

I think it is a bit weird playing on the fact that it is fakebit .. It is almost like a defensive tactic in fear of being called out... I think this is just as much a chip release as anything else and dislike the thought that the chip scene is seen as a bunch of elitist purists

also gtfo of our forums not even a real chip release.... true chip till death.. *gang-sign*

biggiantcircles
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Oh nice, C-Jeff posted it for me. You rock dude!

Thanks for the feedback guys!  "Overplaying" the fakebit aspect can be blamed entirely on my pal Inverse Phase, who kept trying to convince me to do authentic, limited polyphony music smile  (He was gonna do a deconstruct remix, but had too much going on sadly).  I got such a kick out of his chiptune purity that I kind of implemented it into the description, haha.  Nothing defensive, just having fun, that's what it's all about!

Being #1 on Bandcamp for a short while blew my mind, too.  It was short-lived, but it always makes me happy to see VGM-related music beat out mainstream stuff.

Also, the entire album is up on youtube if that's your thing - http://youtube.com/biggiantcircles

Thanks again guys!  I'm relatively new to this site, but I've heard some truly mind-blowing stuff on here, so much talent and creativity!

Rainbowdragoneyes
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The Mountains

Awesome music, great to finally listen to a full album from you!!!

Decktonic
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C-jeff wrote:

Music by Big Giant Circles (Jimmy Hinson), featuring
C418, Souleye, Chris Geehan, Alex Brandon, zircon, Mick Gordon, flashygoodness, Josh Whelchel, Pongball, surasshu and Disasterpeace.

Artwork by PROTODOME (Blake Troise).

I like these people.